beerpooh

I am from East Asia and this is what my professor(UNC alumni) told me when I said I want to apply for Ph.D. In my country, there are some (not lots of but some), students going to UK/US/Canada for Ph.D. every year.So... unless you are well-known in your field or you specialize in something nobody does in the country (or you are a foreigner who studies in my country ), they always prefer domestic job applicant over non-domestic one. phD Degree Preference: US>UK/Canada/Australia> other European Countries(depends on school ranking or who you work with)> Home country (hard to secure a job) For a domestic applicant, even if you graduate from a top 30, it's not a guarantee to find a job in national universities (usually better ones ), you also need good relationship/network. However, if you graduate from a top 100 and have a really good relationship/network, you might secure a job in one of the best universities here. (especially they prefer own BA alumni....) I am pretty sure that is not the case for all Asian countries but high-developed countries usually have proper higher education systems which means they can send many students oversea and the job market is full already. As for some southeastern countries like Indonesia or Vietnam, they might have a need to recruit international scholars. (Based on what my Indonesia colleague told me when I was in Essex )

Hi, I am not giving any serious advice here but I am an international student from East Aisa and something I went through might help you a bit. I got my MA degree from Essex (UK) after BA( in my home country )mainly because of 1. I am not sure if I want to go into academia at that point so I decided a short-term MA will be better than 5 years commitment in US 2.my undergrad GPA sucks (3.0) and I need something to balance it, MA in prestigious school (which I believed Essex counts?) will do the job This cycle, I applied for 7 US Ph.D. programs (major in political theory so I believed it's a bit different from other fields) and my results are: 5 denied 1 wait-listed(in California ,UC system) and 1 admission(public state uni,ranked 70-80 ). Before the pandemic, I was told I am likely to be admitted by the UC school but after 415, they told me they decided to cut the whole wait-list due to economic recession.( they predict undergraduate enrollment numbers will decrease next few years, so TAships will be cut) On the other hand, the school I got admission from did not offer me funding at the beginning. Somehow they decided to give me TAship right before 415 when all other schools were cutting. Of course, I took the offer right away knowing next year will be harder(in my personal opinion). So, who knows? Pandemic sure is something to worry about for next year but there's really nothing you can do, just prepare yourself like normal application cycle-try your best! For your question about visa, I am not sure where are you traveling from and to but: My school already sent me the document and I have a visa appointment in July (program start date in mid-August). Also, student visa F1 is a non-immigration visa so the new ban does not affect it. If your LSE program the Online certificate one ? If you don't have to pay a lot for it I think it's great and might be helpful. However, my friends back in the UK told me higher education is suffering now so I doubt the quality they can provide this year. If you have to pay a lot, I wouldn't suggest that.

I'm in the same situation as you. One waitlist and one offer. DGS from waitlist school said I should wait as long as possible and there's still hope. However, the school I got an offer from is still figuring out funding right now so I asked them to extend my deadline. They got back to me and extended my deadline to 4/30.

TBH, the email did not contain much information other than I am on the waitlist.... I guess they already sent out some admissions? and seem to be waiting to hear back from those who are accepted. probably when more results coming out in following weeks, they will start to contact people who are on the list. If there's no update on your portal, you have the option to email them about your status : )

Hi, I'm the one who posted wait-listed for UCR on the result page (Feb 2, there's a typo, I applied for Fall 2020, not Spring haha). I sent them an email asking about my status and was informed that I am on the waitlist so " hard to predict when you might hear the final decision." If I get off the list I probably would go there.So far, I have only one acceptance, one wait-listed ,and many rejections.... I am an international applicant and Theory subfield Good luck!